GUIDED BY GOD

“But [He] made his own people to go forth like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness...And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought...I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye...The meek will he guide...the meek will he teach his way...For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.”

(Psa. 78:52;Isa. 58:11;Psa. 32:8;Pro. 25:9;Psa. 48:14)

Our “Good Shepherd, Chief Shepherd, Great Shepherd “ promised to always go before us, leading the way. We have Divine guidance; we are guided by God, if you please. He gave His Word that He will guide us till the end, right up to the door of the celestial city. As my dear departed wife used to sing, “Jesus Led Me All the Way.” Or like Abraham’s servant testified, “Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham...I being in the way, the LORD led me.”

Just as God led His people through their wilderness wanderings both day and night, so He leads us. Maybe not by a cloudy pillar by day or the pillar of fire by night; means change but not the fact! He mainly uses His Word, but providence can also play a part. And those filled with the Spirit can’t rule out that “still small voice behind them…And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.”

To be sure, God never leads out of the path of righteousness! “And an highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called The way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those: the wayfaring men, though fools, shall not err therein.” As the old preacher would say, “The right road always leads out to the right place.” Nothing, I believe, is more tragic than a misdirected life. 

An Old Disciple